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Select a Christian organization from the “Christian Organizations That Address a Consequence of the Fall” list provided in the topic study materials.
Based upon your selection, research the issue that organization addresses. Use and cite at least two academic resources from the GCU Library. Cite all of the resources used with in-text citations.
1.    Based on your research, address the following: highlight how the consequences of the fall are evident in the issue(s) that the organization addresses; include statistics, causes, and impact on people (victim, perpetrator, others as appropriate).

read the following excerpt. the underlined portion is which type of literary device?
“…they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof…”
a. alliteration
b. metaphor
c. simile
d. personification
which word best describes the pilgrim’s attitude toward the native americans, based on the following passage.
“It is recorded in Scripture as a mercy to the Apostle and his shipwrecked company, that the barbarians showed them no small kindness in refreshing them, but these savage barbarians, when they met with them (as after will appear) were readier to fill their sides full of arrows than otherwise.”
a. intimidated
b. scornful
c. hospitable
d. friendly
the following excerpt contains which of the following literary devices?
the weather was very cold and it froze so hard as the spray of the sea lightning on their coats, they were as if they had been glazed,
a. imagery
b. assonance
c. synedoche
d. alliteration
use context clues to determine the meaning of the word “skulking” in the following passage.
“All this while the Indians came skulking about them, and would sometimes show themselves aloof off, but when any approached near them, they would run away; and once they (the indians) stole away their (the colonists’) tools where they had been at work and were gone to dinner.”
a. hitting in the skull or head
b. behaving aggressively
c. moving sneakily
d. approaching in a loud and obnoxious manner
based on the following passage, which of the following were the pilgrims concerned about upon their arrival in the new world?
“besides, what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness, full of wild beasts and wild men and what multitudes there might be of them they knew not.”
a. animals
b. native americans
c. difficult terrain
d. all of the above

It is unfortunate but true that recent events have proven that students are proactive in using their cell phones in times of emergency on school campuses.
What does the word unfortunate mean in this sentence?
Select one:
a. somewhat fortunate
b. rarely fortunate
c. very fortunate
d. not fortunate

. POETRY
Two ample women, somewhat past their primes
(the man between lost in his Daily Times)
Discuss their friends for all the world to hear
Some seats away a gallant says,”My dear”
to a strange girl who glares at him.Uncowed
he prattles on, oblivious of the crowd
On every side there’s animated talk
On the state, on love-down to the price of pork
Some stare through windows, hating all the noise,
Stern faced, like masters angry with their boys
The fop uneasy with the tramp beside
Fidgets and sighs and shifts from side to side
A bus stop now
Sighs and farewells, legs and baskets
Jostle in greatest confusion
The queen without stampedes and rushes
to increase the babel within
“Way please! “get in!”Abi na Wetin”
“Ouch you’ve hurt my toe!”
Time up! The conductor presses “Go”
The hubbub continues. “What does he care?”
The more the noisier, but the richer the fare!
a) What is the message of this poem?
(4 marks)
b) Explain the sarcasm in the line
-down to the price of pork
(2 marks)
c) Contrast the characters of (the man) and the gallant.
(2 marks)
d) Identify and explain two voices in the poem.
(2 marks)
e) Describe the character trait of the conductor.
(2 marks)
f) Identify and illustrate the use of synecdoche in the second stanza of the poem.
(2 marks)
g) Why are the last two lines in the poem significant?
(2 marks)
h) What is the tone of the poem?
(2 marks)
i) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases
(2 marks)
i) The hubbub
ii) Prattles
4 a) Rewrite the following sentence as instructed.
(4 marks)
i) But for my father’s prompt action, I would be dead by now.(Begin: Had it ______________)
ii) I am sorry you missed lunch.(Begin: I regret__________)
iii) As soon as the meeting ended, the impatient members walked away.(Use :Hardly___________)
iv) He gave her the expensive watch. (Rewrite in the passive voice)
(b) Complete the following sentences using appropriate prepositional phrase made with the word in brackets.
(3 marks)
i) Tourists crossed the river_________a boat.(means)
ii) _______________our constitution, children are protected .(accordance)
iii) _____________the lawyer’s negligence, he was fired.(account)
(c) Use the correct form of the words in brackets in the sentences that follow.
(4 marks)
i) It_________ (cost) three thousand shilling a year.
ii) The news came as a ____________to the whole nation.(reveal)
iii) His reckless remarks _____________everyone present.(fury)
iv) The parcel had__________(lay) there uncollected for a week.
(d) Rewrite the sentences below, replacing the underlined words with one word with the same meaning. (4 marks)
i) I talk for granted you are the new teacher.
ii) The government has done way with taxes.
iii) The disease is able to be caught by contact.
iv) The magistrate found him guilty of failure to fulfill his part of the contract

“Once I am sure there’s nothing going on
I step inside, letting the door thud shut.”
What feelings are evoked by the word
thud
?
How would the meaning change if the speaker let the door
slam
shut?
Write down five different verbs which express the closing of a door and a specific feeling that each verb evokes.
“Twenty bodies were thrown out of our wagon. Then the train resumed its journey, leaving behind it a few hundred naked dead, deprived of burial, in the deep snow of a field in Poland.”
In this selection, Wiesel never refers to the men who die on the journey as men. He refers to them as
bodies
or simply
dead
. How does his diction shape the reader’s understanding of the horror?
How would the meaning change if we substituted
dead people
for
bodies?
Change the italicized word in the sample sentence to a word that disassociates the reader from the true action of the sentence.
Fifteen chickens were
slaughtered
for the feast.

(1) There are
three main functions
of a thesis statement. Choose one of the best answers that is NOT of these main functions:
A) Claims something specific about the subject
B) Provides arrangement of ideas
C) Narrows down the subject to a central idea
D) Explains the similarities and differences between two subjects
(2) Choose the best answer that defines an
argumentative thesis statement:
A) The author conveys his purpose
B) The author aims to convince the readers of something
C) The author explains something to the readers
D) The author wants to address a problem and propose a solution
(3) Where should the thesis statement be
organized
in a formal essay?
A) Last sentence in the introduction
B) First sentence in the introduction
C) First sentence in the conclusion
D) Last sentence in the first body paragraph

All of the following are correct punctuation of an interjection
except
_______
Huh? What was the announcement?
Yikes! Are you OK?
Well, what happened is what we expected.
Oh you didn’t have to pay for me.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Many companies now sell their products and services online; on the other hand, some companies focus exclusively on in-house sales.

Use referents and transitions to connect these sentences together into a coherent paragraph.
————————————————————————-
Eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers is good for the health of the environment, the health of our bodies, and the health of the economy.
Eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers benefits the environment because the fruits and vegetables do not have to be transported very far.
Less transit means less fossil fuels to pollute the environment.
Our bodies benefit from eating fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers because the produce retains more vitamins than produce that was picked days or weeks earlier.
We derive health benefits from fruits and vegetables produced by local farmers because preservatives and waxes are often not used by small farmers.
Local economies will benefit if we buy from small farmers who have trouble competing with big corporations.

Which passage from Grendel best illustrates the theme “there is a monster in every person”?
A. The king has given me splendid gifts. He will see tonight that his gifts have not gone for nothing! Prepare to fall, foul thing! (83)
B. (The warrior’s] mouth, which moved – or so it seemed to me – independent of the words, as if the body of the stranger were a ruse, a disguise for something infinitely more terrible. (155)
C. No man above us will ever know whether Unferth died here or fled to the hills like a coward. Only you and I and God will know the truth. That’s inner heroism. (88)
D. And the joy of self-knowledge, that’s a great compensation! The easy and absolute certainty that whatever the danger, however terrible the odds, you’ll stand firm. (85)

A value assumption is a belief about what is good/important or good/bad and forms the basis of one’s opinions (or bias) on an issue.
Jonathan Bloom’s opinions on the topic of food waste are very clear. However, he does make assumptions and exhibit bias. This week, I want you to read Chapter 5: “American Farms: Growing Waste, Selling Perfection.” Identify two assumptions made by the author. You must quote the sentence from the text that exhibits an assumption, and you must explain what type of assumption Bloom is making via that statement. How do his assumptions show us his bias? Share your findings here.
Also, please respond to at least two of your peers’ postings in order to receive full credit.
this link is chapter 5
http://tastycheapskate.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-review-american-wasteland-by.html